https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 07:25:26 +0000 Sat, 15 Nov 2025 04:38:58 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=113381 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113381&PID=200409&title=b450m-pro4-m-2-drive-question#200409 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113381
Posted: 15 Nov 2025 at 4:38am

Happy to help, glad you got it all up and running ]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2025 04:38:58 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113381&PID=200409&title=b450m-pro4-m-2-drive-question#200409 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113381&PID=200407&title=b450m-pro4-m-2-drive-question#200407 Author: priyp
Subject: 113381
Posted: 15 Nov 2025 at 12:49am

Xaltar

What a gent !!! Thank you ??Disk Management !!!

All sorted and my New ?˜D??Drive is showing :-)

Really appreciate your help !! ]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:49:45 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113381&PID=200407&title=b450m-pro4-m-2-drive-question#200407 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113381&PID=200405&title=b450m-pro4-m-2-drive-question#200405 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113381
Posted: 15 Nov 2025 at 12:40am

So both M.2 drives show up in your BIOS but the WD Blue isn't showing up in Windows?

When it comes to the BIOS I always advise updating only when absolutely necessary.
If the new drive is showing up in your BIOS then you may need to initialize it in
windows.

Depending on your Windows version the instructions will vary a little but in
all more modern versions you will need to go to disk management to initialize
the new drive. In "disk management" it will show up as an "unknown" drive. Right
click it and click initialize then follow normal formating procedures. ]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:40:16 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113381&PID=200405&title=b450m-pro4-m-2-drive-question#200405 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113381&PID=200403&title=b450m-pro4-m-2-drive-question#200403 Author: priyp
Subject: 113381
Posted: 15 Nov 2025 at 12:25am

Hello all. I am returning to the forum after a five year gap ??having used my home built PC without issue thanks to much needed help from here during that build. However, I need a wee bit of help against please.

B450M Pro4 Motherboard   
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
16gb DDR4
Radeon RX570 Series

I have a 500Gb M.2 card ADATA SX8200PNP in slot M1
I have 2 old 500Gb HDDs in SATA 3.1/3.2 and SATA 3.3/3.4

I have bought a 1TB Western Digital WD Blue SA510 M.2 1000gb (SATA) ssd which I have fitted to slot M2 today

I understand there is a conflict between M2 slot and SATA 3.3 (?) so I have physically removed the connector of one of my old HDDs from SATA 3.3/3.4

With BIOS set to ?˜auto????I can see the WD Blue drive on my BIOS page (with my ADATA) but on boot up, I cannot see it. I am running BIOS 5.3 and see that 5.7 is the latest unless I go to a BETA version ??could this be the problem, or might I be doing something else wrong ?? I simply wish to copy the 2 old HDDs to the new M.2 ssd (having just suffered a HDD failure in my NAS drive (after 9 years)

Thank you for any help advice you may have

BRgds fro a very wet London UK]]> Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:25:19 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113381&PID=200403&title=b450m-pro4-m-2-drive-question#200403